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Kimberly is a coffee loving book addict who reads and listens to fictional stories in all genres. She's a self-professed Whovian, as well as a Supernatural, and Sherlock Holmes junkie, She enjoys sharing books, tips, recipes and hosting the Sunday Post. The coffee is always on and she is ready to chat...Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

This is my first time participating. I am looking forward to it! I have a massive Audiobook TBR pile and need to start finishing ones I have started, and clearing out the others! Last year I was pregnant and just couldn’t for the life of me read or listen. With my little one now here, I am looking to get back into my reviews and reading/listening! Look forward to the challenge!

This is my third year participating and I’m going to attempt to go a level higher this year. I’m aiming for Binge Listener. Last year I listened to 16 audiobooks, and I know I can beat that 😉 Thank you for hosting!

I just recently got into audiobooks and then I saw this challenge and figured that would be a good one to join for 2019. I set my goal for Stenographer 10-15 and hope to read at least 12 audiobooks in 2019.

Hi Kimberly,
I am thinking about doing this challenge next year for the very first time. But not sure if audiobooks I bought in 2018 or before do count too? I canceled my audible abo but have many I haven´t heard yet.

Best wishes and thanks for your answer & Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Vi @Inkvotary

I’m always listening to audiobooks, so this is perfect for me! I wish I’d known about it this year, but I’m so pumped to be participating in 2019. I’ll get my initial post up soon and then I’ll add myself to the list. I’m looking forward to listening with everyone! 🙂

I’m definitely doing this again! I’ve exceeded my goal for 2018, and it’s just so nice to listen while commuting. Even if I sometimes want to stay in my car and listen rather than go to work 😀
Is it possible for the blog to sign up together, or do Brandee and I need to do each our own?

I’m thinking of joining! I just really started listening to audibles this year and found I really enjoyed it. I have a healthy stack of books to listen to and this sounds like fun and keep me on track.

Jennifer

I’ve done well over 100 audiobooks in a year in the past but with job change, my listening time is down. So I’m cutting my goals again in 2019. I think I will shoot for 25 in 2019 since I will be focusing on tackling my print and ebook TBRs in 2019.

I’ve never done a challenge so u have zero idea how to link up. I guess I will be doing it on my own? So I would just keep track on a GoodReads shelf I think. I listened to 73 this year so I will be in for Marathoner. Please let me know what else I need to do. Thanks!

Hey Lorna, Yes go to Goodreads. In your books create a bookshelf like 2019 Audio. Then link that to the linky. Be sure it is public or that you are at least friends with me. You can declare your intentions on social media and spread the word if you want.

I listen to audio books so much since I have an hour commute each way back and forth to work. I’d go insane if I didn’t have them to entertain me. I rarely join challenges, but I’m going to join this one! Thanks for hosting, Kimberly! 🙂

I’ve been wanting to attempt this challenge for the last two years and I think finally I can! 🙂 I’ve been a bit particular which challenges I wanted to do in 2019 – as I have some rather distinct goals for myself. However, one of them is to listen / consume more audiobooks – therefore I can’t wait to get started! I’m doing this challenge a bit differently – as I am hoping to listen to 30 audiobooks *over and beyond* the grand total I listen to in 2019 as I do review audiobooks during the year. I wanted to challenge myself to listen to more audios than I regularly might and see where the year takes me!

I was just thinking about this challenge when I was signing up for reading challenges yesterday. I didn’t do very well last year but I came within my Newbie status lol.. I’ll just do it again and hope to do better!

Is there a way in Goodreads to import my books purchased on Audible or to connect the two accounts? I was able to easily do this with my Amazon books, so I’m thinking there has to be a way but I can’t figure it out!

Blog Posted and signed up – just wondering if I add my 2019 listens to my current challenge list [linked to this comment by commenter] at the goodreads group site. or will there be a new signup there as well ? thx

Thanks, Jonetta – for taking care of what’s needed there. I couldn’t find a challenge list for 2018 as had been for previous years. Hoping there would be some kind of list of participant’s links posted for 2019 to make updating easier – thanks so much!

You can get up to 2 credits a month, and buy all the additional audios you want. There is also the library, which allows you to borrow audiobooks. Then sites like Tantor, HarperAudio, etc have sales. If you are part of KU you can listen to audiobooks and if you get the Audible Romance pkg you can listen to 10 audiobooks at a time Hope this helps you discover more audiobooks Laurie..

Wow I didn’t know you could listen to audiobooks if you’re in KU. I did drop my Audible membership, but I have lots of books yet to listen to. I’ve been getting them from my library and also Hoopla has tons of them!

I agree – I used to have an Audible script and then I added the Romance package to it – at a lesser rate (as they give you a discount) – I felt that was the best way to approach it really as I was surprised by how man audios in the Rom pkg aren’t necessarily strictly Romance!! They have a lot of cross-genres – from Crime to Historicals to Contemporarys or YA – yes, they have a romantic connection in some fashion but I loved the diversity of choices!

I gave both scripts up this year as it was outside my budget to keep them; tried Scribd for awhile and want to re-subscribe as for the price and the amount of audiobooks you can listen to – is incredible! Ideally, I eventually want to have Scribd & Audible 3x scripts as you’d get the best of everything that way as sometimes audiobooks are strictly Audible releases.

Secondly, I agree with using public libraries!! I have three library cards and I can listen to audiobooks through them. Sadly my region doesn’t believe in Hoopla so I can’t use those but between the libraries & Scribd it works out rather well! Even if you just use your library though – I also ILL (interlibrary loan) audiobooks on CD and/or borrow them directly locally.

There are ways to listen without spending a lot or feeling as if your budget will break to hear audiobooks. I also review audiobooks whilst hosting blog tours for Audiobookworm Promotions – which is another option, not just for review tours but she hosts an adopted audiobook programme for reviewers.

Thanks for the tips,Jorie ! another review option is Audio Book Boom sending out options every Tuesday. Wondering if your library uses Overdrive or Recorded Books? Ours changed to these for cost saving vs hoopla [ a total hoopla fan!] but I do appreciate the new options for offering variable speed options . And..
Anyone interested in classics has the free librivox selection.
HapPy listening !

I was just on your blog commenting about this challenge!! 🙂 Small world, eh? I should have mentioned which ones my libraries use – that was an oversight as other places I’ve been mentioning it all along! They use OverDrive which for me is brilliant as I love the OverDrive app but I don’t use the Libby app as that one is stress inducing!

I am also a bit unusual I suppose, as I never change the speed on audiobooks? I listen to them just as they are — I also either knit or colour (adult colouring books) whilst I’m listening to the stories as it helps me alight inside those worlds the best. I’ll be blogging more about those adventures in 2019 as I failed to mention them too much in 2018!

I hadn’t heard about Audio Book Boom – checking into that now, thanks!

I should have mentioned, there are some LibriVox selections on Scribd – as well as the fact on Scribd its unlimited audiobooks per month to listen too. The only bit there is that sometimes a new release is held back til your next billing cycle. I can send you a trial for Scribd if you were new to it or were curious? You get to sample it for two months?

I also liked the theatrical plays on Scribd in audiobook format – I can’t recall who put them together but I saved a lot of them to listen too!! I had forgotten to mention Librivox as well, so that’s good that you did! 🙂

more audios for review available at Audio Book Boom every tuesday …
my public library offers audios via Overdrive and Recorded Books.
Christian Audio offers 1 free audio / month
Librivox has a large collection of classics on audio at no charge
Enjoy exploring. You’ll probably come up with others to inform us 🙂

You also might try a fairly new app called Chirp. They have a limited number to pick from but you don’t have to pay a fee or join anything. I just got a Christina Lauren book for 1.99 on audio. Some are a bit higher, but not much more than maybe 3.99,